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Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

Comedy, Romance, Drama • 1h 51m

Director: Nicholas Stoller

Best available format

UHD Blu-ray

Overview

When actress Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter's world comes crashing down. His best friend Brian suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting the beautiful receptionist Rachel Jansen, Peter is shocked to see not only Aldous in Hawaii, but also Sarah.

Release details

Best Video Release

4K is only available on Fandango https://athome.fandango.com/content/browse/details/id/138542 otherwise, there's a Blu-ray release

Length
111 mins
Type
Movie

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Best format: UHD Blu-ray

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Australia Cut: Australia Fox DVD

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- the American/international version (~98 minutes at 24fps/~94 minutes at 25fps) trimming some exposition in the Outback first half of the film and some shorter extensions of a few seconds in the New York section, altering some of the dialogue – including censoring a "fuck" to "screw" – but featuring one additional dialogue extension not in the Australian version (a comparison of the two cuts can be found at Movie Censorship);
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